{"id":23587,"date":"2025-09-05T14:18:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/business-operations\/?p=23587"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:18:43","slug":"nih-policy-update-on-application-submissions-and-ai-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/core-support\/news\/nih-policy-update-on-application-submissions-and-ai-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"NIH Policy Update on Application Submissions and AI Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Per NOT-OD-25-132<\/a> issued July 17, 2025 \u201cSupporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications\u201d:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NIH is providing guidance to researchers on the appropriate usage of artificial intelligence (AI) to maintain the fairness and originality of NIH\u2019s research application process. NIH is also instituting a new policy limiting the number of applications that NIH will consider per Principal Investigator per calendar year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As shared by SPARCS Director, the policy update does the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limit on Principal Investigator Submissions: <\/strong>Effective for applications submitted on or after September 25, 2025<\/strong>, NIH will only accept a maximum of six (6) new, renewal, resubmission, or revision applications<\/strong> from an individual Principal Investigator (PI)\/Program Director or Multiple Principal Investigators within a single calendar year. This limit applies to all activity codes except T activity codes and R13 Conference Grant Applications<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guidance on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Usage: <\/strong>NIH is stating that applications or sections substantially developed by AI will not be considered original ideas<\/strong> of the applicants. While AI tools may assist in limited aspects of application preparation, researchers must be aware of risks such as plagiarism, fabricated citations, and research misconduct<\/strong>. Detection of AI-generated content, even post-award, may lead to referrals to the Office of Research Integrity and enforcement actions<\/strong> (e.g., disallowing costs, withholding future awards, suspension, or termination).\u00a0 The memo doesn’t<\/em> meaningfully define how much AI usage would make a submission “substantially developed by AI.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please see the <\/strong>FAQs<\/strong><\/a> for additional details about both requirements.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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